Fixing image exposure in Photoshop

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Chris Mattia teaches you the basics of making quick work of correcting common image exposure issues in Photoshop. With just a few clicks, your images will be looking great and ready to share with your class.

- [Instructor] Now let's look at some ways to use the tools…built into Photoshop to correct image exposure issues.…Now, unlike the Camera Raw techniques…that we looked at in the last movie,…these techniques will be destructive changes,…meaning that, as we commit each change,…the pixels in your image will be rewritten.…So it's a good idea to always work off of a copy…of your original image when making changes such as this.…Now let's begin with this image of these desert plants…that, at first glance, looks to be unsalvageable.…

We'll start by opening up our histogram panel…by going up to the Window menu and choosing "Histogram".…Then click the hamburger menu…in the upper-right of the panel,…and select "Expanded View"…to get a better look at our histogram.…Now this histogram works just like the one that we just…saw in Camera Raw,…but in Photoshop,…you may need to periodically click the refresh button…in order to fully update all of your composited changes.…Now from the looks of this histogram,…it's clear that this image is woefully underexposed.…

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4/11/2018

Whether you're a teacher working on a presentation or a student tackling an assignment, you'll likely need to use images to explain concepts. And while students, educators, and instructional designers don't necessarily need to be Photoshop power users, understanding how to work with the core tools in the powerful image-editing software can both empower individuals and help them produce more compelling images. In this course, join Chris Mattia as he shares key techniques that can help you successfully use Photoshop for teaching and learning. Chris helps you get started with Photoshop, demonstrating how to navigate the user interface, use actions for repetitive tasks, and create clean image compositions. He also shares how to fix common image problems, prepare images for presentations, work with time-lapse videos, and more.